Video games that pressure children into spending hundreds of pounds when playing online face a crackdown from the Office Of Fair Trading (in the UK). Many computer, console and mobile phone games offer players the opportunity to buy extra lives or abilities when online. It has led to many parents being left with huge credit card or mobile phone bills. Is it fair to blame the video games for this out-of-control spending, or are parents not keeping a close-enough eye on what their offspring are doing on their digital doo-dads?